Lodygin Family Papers, 1792-1950

Collection context

Creator:
Lodygin, Aleksandr Nikolaevich, 1847-1923, Lodygin, Alma, 1871-1925, Lodygin, Rita, 1901-, Lodygin, Vera, 1902-1946, Parry, Albert, 1901-1992, and Lodygin family
Extent:
1150 items (4 boxes; 1 oversized folder; 4 framed photographs)
Language:
English .
Scope and content:

The collection consists of correspondence, subject files, blueprints, drawings, stamps, documents, photographs and printed materials. Manuscripts are mostly by Lodygin's wife Alma, and include "The Story of a Brilliant Russian" (100 p.) about her husband. There is also a manuscript (52 p.) by Professor Albert Parry entitled "Legendary Lodygin," which appeared in the emigre newspaper "Novoe Russkoe Slovo." A handwritten manuscript (23 p.) by Lodygin is included under the title "Treatise on Arc Lamps and Incandescent Lamps."

Biographical / historical:

Engineer, chemist, and inventor who was born in Russia and emigrated to the United States after marrying an American. The Soviets consider him the inventor of the first practicable incandescent light bulb (ca. 1872).

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is located on-site.

Location of this collection:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027, USA
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